tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1092401529655910375..comments2024-03-29T09:25:32.972-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Two interesting articles about the Russian Front in WW2Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45252636795061359842020-06-25T16:10:43.620-05:002020-06-25T16:10:43.620-05:00One has to be cautious about individual memoirs. T...One has to be cautious about individual memoirs. They are very unreliable as a class. The German generals' are most notorious. But Belton Cooper's memoir is an example. He expressed a lot of opinions and recites "facts" that are simply not true.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20637685077746514842020-06-25T15:54:27.545-05:002020-06-25T15:54:27.545-05:00Amazing what a few, or even a single, well placed ...Amazing what a few, or even a single, well placed sniper's bullet(s) can do to the combat effectiveness of the opposing force. Certainly a force multiplier, and I am very glad that the tendency to forget all the lessons learned by snipers in previous conflicts seems to have been avoided in the last 25 years.Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90784315668055670992020-06-25T09:45:11.408-05:002020-06-25T09:45:11.408-05:00I suspect that one of many reasons German Snipers ...I suspect that one of many reasons German Snipers didn't leave many depictions of their activities, was the political consequences of admitting to killing hundreds of the "Heroes of Mother Russia". Obviously in East Germany such a memoir would get a visit from the Stasi at best and an unmarked grave at worst. However, even in West Germany and Austria, the politicians were reluctant to acknowledge the realities of war and their part in it. Even American veterans have a tendency is to keep quiet about the unsavory aspects of what they did and what they saw and just get on with life.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30682282629761737632020-06-24T21:20:16.738-05:002020-06-24T21:20:16.738-05:00Interesting, I'd never seen those reports or h...Interesting, I'd never seen those reports or heard of them actually talking.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24928810546617604802020-06-24T17:23:15.197-05:002020-06-24T17:23:15.197-05:00The stories of the men who were there are always w...The stories of the men who were there are always worth reading.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06203709938003689049noreply@blogger.com